Fall is such a nice season, the leaves change color and I think you get the most interesting and intense sky colors. These are just awesome. The first is my fav. How would it look with the bottom made darker so that it comes closer to a real silhouette?

Thanks for the comments everyone. Actually my originals are much darker at the bottoms, these are heavily PSed (anything more than a crop and contrast adjustment is heavy to me ), but I was just experimenting. I will post my originals later this evening for comparison... (I'm at work right now, shhh don't tell the boss... )

By popular demand here are the images that haven't received as much attention in PS. They are closer to an actual silhouette. They have only received small adjustments in contrast, lightness, saturation, and then resized.

Thanks for showing us the second version ... Hmmm ... well .... even if I "asked" for a darker version, I really can't decide which one to like better. Both are great, both have their certain appeal ... difficult ...